The Solar Return Chart--Your Year Ahead

The Solar Return Chart is a unique system of forecasting that creates an entirely new horoscope based on the exact moment the Sun returns to its birth position, revitalizing the Sun’s energy & setting the stage for the year ahead. The solar return should always be evaluated in comparison to the natal chart and the author shows, in step-by-step detail, how to do so. More

Astrological prediction can be approached in a variety of ways, but most practicing astrologers agree that transits are the most informative method of forecasting. Transits are determined by locating where the planets are on any given date, and then seeing where they fall within the framework of your natal chart. Their ever-moving placements show how outside influences are constantly shaping your inner and outer life, and where (house) and how (sign) these influences affect you most strongly. The signs that these planets are moving through affect all of us in some way. However, the houses through which the planets move show where you are most profoundly experiencing their strengths—where you are being influenced and shaped by their specific types of energies.

The Solar Return Chart is a unique system of forecasting in that it creates an entirely new chart, complete with all twelve houses, all signs and all of the planets. A new horoscope is created each year based on the exact moment the Sun moves to the degree and minute it occupied at the exact moment of your birth. Because this always occurs on or within a day of the birthday, the solar return chart is sometimes referred to as the “Birthday Chart.”

Each year, when the transiting Sun reaches the same sign, degree and minute of your natal Sun, it revitalizes the Sun, giving it new energy and new direction. By creating a horoscope for the exact moment this exact conjunction occurs, you are able to trace the specific details of the year ahead. Even though the solar return chart is a complete horoscope within itself, it does not take the place of the natal chart and transits to it. In order to gain the full value from the solar return, you should always evaluate it in comparison to the natal chart, although many astrologers fail to do so. It is true that the solar return can stand alone, but you will not get the full value from its interpretation without considering the natal chart in partnership with it in order to personalize the interpretation. Otherwise, the interpretations may not connect to you. Throughout this book, the author shows how to make this comparison.

Joanne Wickenburg was one of the first authors to develop the psychological dimension of astrology in straightforward language. A practicing astrologer for over 40 years, she has conducted classes and workshops throughout the USA and Canada, and has also designed and still offers an internationally recognized Home Study Course in astrology.

She has just published her 1st novel, Twisted Innocence, which is available as an ebook.

Astrology Books by Joanne

“A Journey through the Birth Chart”“In Search of a Fulfilling Career”“Your Hidden Powers - Intercepted Signs & Retrograde Planets” Co-author of:“The Spiral of Life”- now available www.joannewickenburg.com as an e-book“The Digested Astrologer” available on the above site as an e-book“When Your Sun Returns” – currently out of print

Special Achievement AwardsRegulus Award in Education - 2002. "The Education Award recognizes the work of teaching through the published and spoken word, or the founding of schools and study programs. The recipient's work inspires and guides others to master astrology, and thereby encourages future generations of astrologers."Dr. Marc Edmond Jones Award -2000. "The Marc Edmund Jones Award is one of the most prestigious awards in astrology. Named after Marc Edmund Jones, who created this award to honor innovative excellence of benefit to all astrologers."Dr. F. Sims Pound Award- 1996. The best speaker at the American Federation of Astrologers Conference 1996